Creamy Chocolate Martini with Baileys — Everything is better with Nutella, including these martinis that go down so easily! The Frangelico adds hazelnut, cinnamon, and vanilla notes, while the Baileys Irish Cream provides richness and creaminess.
Easy Baileys Cocktail Recipe
Irish cream and Frangelico are two of my favorites. They’re a match made in creamy martini heaven. And things only get better when Nutella is involved.
Combining Irish Cream with Frangelico is a natural pairing. Frangelico is a liqueur made with toasted hazelnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, cocoa and vanilla extract. Those are some of my favorite flavors and ingredients, and Frangelico lends a rich hazelnut flavor to the drink.
This chocolate martini recipe is an automatic win for me because it uses Irish cream. I even started making my own Homemade Irish Cream. I love DIY projects that take literally 1 minute to blend together and help me save a little money.
To rim your martini glass for this drink, you’re going to have to dip your finger in Nutella. Literally caught with your hand in the cookie jar, or the Nutella jar, is okay here. I tried rimming the glass by putting the Nutella on with a spoon, but it wasn’t working very well.
Normally it’s jars of chocolate peanut butter my fingers are caught in, but I won’t say no to Nutella.
Crushed graham crackers adorn the side of the Nutella-rimmed glass. It’s a good thing I was drinking this at home rather than at a swanky bar because I was literally licking the side of the glass. Classy.
If there’s a way to work graham crackers into a recipe, stuck to the side of a martini glass via Nutella is a great effort.
The graham crackers and Nutella, the creamy factor from the Irish cream; with hazelnut, cinnamon, and vanilla notes from the Frangelico, these martinis go down so easily.
Optionally, you could add a splash of coffee if you’re into Creamy Boozy Coffee drinks like I am.
Thirsty yet?
What’s in This Chocolate Martini?
To make this chocolate martini recipe with Baileys, you’ll need a handful of ingredients. Here are the chocolate martini ingredients you’ll be using:
- Nutella
- Graham crackers (or graham cracker crumbs)
- Frangelico
- Baileys Irish Cream (store-bought or homemade)
How to Make a Chocolate Martini with Baileys
This is the best chocolate martini recipe and it’s so easy to make! Simply rim a martini glass with Nutella (I found using my fingers to be the easiest). Place the graham cracker crumbs on a plate and time the glass with them.
Add equal parts Frangelico and Baileys to the glass and stir gently to combine.
Can I Prep This in Advance?
If you want to make multiple chocolate martinis for a group of people, you can prep the glasses ahead of time. However, I’d wait to combine the Baileys and Frangelico because this cocktail tastes best fresh.
Tips for Making a Chocolate Martini with Baileys
This recipe makes one cocktail, but you can easily scale it to serve a crowd. It’s a simple combination of one part Baileys to one part Frangelico, so you can measure out larger quantities as needed.
If you don’t have graham crackers where you live, try using a neutral-flavored, slightly sweet biscuit or cookie instead. (A digestive biscuit is likely the closest thing in Europe).
If you don’t typically keep graham crackers on hand, don’t fret. You can use the leftovers to make Graham Cracker Toffee, Cheesecake Bars, Chocolate Chip Cookie S’mores Bars, Boston Cream Icebox Cake, and more!
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Creamy Nutella Martini
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Nutella
- 1 tablespoon graham cracker crumbs
- 1 ounce Frangelico
- 1 ounce Irish Cream Whiskey
Instructions
- Rim glass with Nutella.
- Place graham cracker crumbs on a plate and dip rim of glass into them.
- Add the Frangelico, Irish Cream, and stir gently to combine. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Hello adult beverage time!! This sounds incredible!
I used to work fine dining and we had a server named Lillian- she was a 68 year old French immigrant who had been there forehhhhhver and her favorite thing to to at the end of her shift was to hop up on a bar stool and order a drink with Frangelico — I loooved the was she said it with her heavy French accent. This reminds me so much of her! Making these and toasting to Lillian!
Love that story. That is awesome. Here’s to Lillian!
Give me 6 months and I’m AWLL OVER DEEZ.
And I’ll happily babysit :)
Martinis are my drink of choice these days, and I already love Nutella. I love that you created a Nutella martini. Seems like it was made especially for me! I posted a boozy dessert today, so I guess we are on the same wavelength!
Off to check yours out!
you had me at nutella. and martinia. and frangellico.
This is such a beautiful dessert drink. I don’t usually have things like that – but there was the amazing coffee drink that they used to make at the French restaurant Jason worked at. I didn’t even like coffee then, but the liqueurs that they put in there…..mmmmm. I’m fairly certain one was an Irish cream.
Thanks Heather! And the drink you speak of sounds wonderful. Funny how drinks and moments in time can stand out in our minds like that for years to come! Great story!
Mmm I’m all over this martini! Yum!
You had me at the title of this post. I DEFINITELY have to try this next time I feel like having a classy {ish} drink ;) I don’t think ‘responsible’ and ‘drinking’ go well in the same sentence ;)
You had me at Nutella and martini.
Oh, wow! Girl, you are totally speaking my language! This looks heavenly!
Wish we could go out for a couple together!
Last night, I licked my plate. Quietly, but still. Licked it clean.
If only I’d had this drink to make me feel more classy.
LOL and I’ve done more than my share. This drink would have classed your night right up I bet :)
Now this is a fun drink! Love it! It combines so many of my fav things!
mine too :)
Frangelico, Kahlua, Amaretto, and Bailey’s are my favorite liqueurs, and whiskey is my husband’s favorite hard liquor. I see a couple of spoonfuls of nutella in the photo–I think I need those with my martini, and maybe an extra graham cracker too! Fun, easy to make drink!
Those are my faves too!! My first ever drink in a bar was an Amaretto Sour. Like what young person orders THAT?! But I did :) And the others, well, I know you’ve made my homemade Baileys recipe and I know you love it like I do! I really wanted to put the extra Nutella all over the inside of the glass but it would have ruined the photos – but would have tasted great!
So innovative to use Nutella as a rim garnish! Simple cocktails are usually the best cocktails. Thanks so much for sharing, Averie!
Wooooeeeeee, these look like tasty fun. I still haven’t experimented with Frangelico. It may be next on my list of liqueur frontiers to cross.
Extremely tasty fun :)
Trust you Averie to turn the most loved childhood spread(after PB of course) in to an adult delight. This looks so good, it would go so well for a cocktail party.
The hazelnut is so under rated but I think it is because when people roast them they always eat the blacken skins too! (They taste bitter after roasting).
Lovely recipe as always
Glad you like! I agree with you about the nuts. I think people tend to over-roast their nuts. This obsession with ‘toasting nuts to bring out the flavor’. Yes, true it does; but a little bit too long with roasting and as you said, the skins burn and they’re bitter and awful. Wish we could share a couple of these!